Warcraft III

In a sign that Diablo III or Starcraft II might actually be out this year, Blizzard has unveiled the shiny new incarnation of Battle.net.

There are two things people need to know about it. First, every Blizzard product is now connected to the same username and password. If you’re a Diablo II, Starcraft or Warcraft III player you can either migrate to the new one or stick with the classic version, but all new Blizzard games will use the new system. The upshot of this is that, in addition to only having to remember one set of login info, there will be cool stuff like achievements.

The other thing is how this affects World of Warcraft. You can attach your WoW login to your Blizzard login now if you want, but it’s totally optional. Of course it will stop being optional at some point in the future, by which they probably mean the minute Diablo III comes out.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to find my old Diablo II disc. All this talk of Battle.net has made me want to play.